These are the 19 worst data breaches in history

The most dangerous data breaches in history were caused by hackers and human error. AP Images Nearly every week a fresh report breaks about a company falling victim to hackers and having its customers' personal details leaked online.

The ranking is based on the number of customer records compromised during the incident. If the number of compromised records during a data breach were identical we ranked them by date, putting the oldest first.

We didn't include data breaches where, for legal reasons, the company involved cannot be named.

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19. Evernote. Number of records compromised: 50 million

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Date reported: 03/02/13 How it happened: A company network intrusion

Evernote is a commonly used note taking service available on smartphones, tablets and PCs.

12. Facebook. Number of records compromised: 80 million

Date reported: 07/16/08 How it happened: A bungled test for a new website design

Facebook has done a lot of good work improving its security over the last couple of years, taking key steps like encrypting its users' news feeds.

However, it's important to remember the company is very young and during its rise to fame had more than a few technical foul ups. One of the biggest occurred in 2008 when a Facebook software glitch publicly exposed 80,000,000 users' hidden information.

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11. JPMorgan Chase. Number of records compromised: 83 million

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Date reported: 08/27/14 How it happened: A cyber attack of unknown origin

JPMorgan suffered massive data breach in 2014 when hackers used an unknown method to steal information from 76 million households and seven million small to medium sized business (SMBs).

10. TRW Information Systems. Number of records compromised: 90 million

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Date reported: 06/01/84 How it happened: A stolen computer password

Despite happening over 30 years ago the TWR breach remains on the all time biggest data bungles in history.

TRW Information Systems was an American corporation that was involved in a variety of businesses, including aerospace, automotive, and credit reporting until it was acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2002.

In 1984 retro-hackers managed to use a stolen computer password to access the firm's systems and compromise the credit histories of over 90 million people.

8. The Korea Credit Bureau. Number of records compromised: 104 million

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Date reported: 01/30/14 How it happened: An inside job

The Korea Credit Bureau investigation alleged the breach was caused by an IT worker who copied the names, social security numbers and credit card details of 104 million customers onto a USB stick before selling them to a marketing firm.

In the wake of the breach former chief information officer Beth Jacob resigned from her role in the wake of a data breach in March 2014. Target chief executive Gregg Steinhafel soon followed and stepped down from his role in May 2014.

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5. Heartland Payment Systems. Number of records compromised: 130 million

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Date reported: 01/20/2009 How it happened: A malware outbreak on its payment systems